Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company for individual contributors in SF Bay Area
72 postings · 54 companies · 62 state pay: median $209,000, half $187,000–$262,000
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Forward Deployed AI Engineer, Marketing Intelligence & Consumer Insights
San Jose, CA · Seattle, WA · +1 moreSan Jose, CA +2
$109,000–$200,700
$102,000–$115,000
Founding Forward Deployed Engineer
San Francisco, CA · Austin, TX · US remoteSan Francisco, CA +1 · US remoteRemote
Pay not posted
Senior Forward Deployed Engineer
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
$224,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Staff Forward Deployed Engineer, Life Sciences
San Francisco, CA · Cambridge, MASan Francisco, CA +1
$192,000–$256,000
$224,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$140,000–$160,000
Forward Deployed Operations Intern
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY · +4 moreSan Francisco, CA +5Hybrid
$43,680–$52,000
$125,000–$175,000
Senior Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$175,100–$247,600
$152,000–$192,000
$140,000–$200,000
Security Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineering, AWS Forward Deployed Engineering
Mountain View, CA · Boston, MA · +4 moreMountain View, CA +5
$159,300–$212,800
Principal AI Engineer, Sr AI Engineer
San Jose, CA · Pasadena, CA · +10 moreSan Jose, CA +11
$205,000–$250,000
(USA) Senior, Data Scientist - Applied AI
Sunnyvale, CA · Bentonville, ARSunnyvale, CA +1
$90,000–$234,000
$130,000–$163,000
Senior AI Engineer II - Forward Deployment Engineer - Enterprise AI Platforms
Sunnyvale, CA · New York, NYSunnyvale, CA +1
Pay not posted
$152,000–$241,500
$160,000–$240,000
Senior Software Engineer – Bionic Enterprise Platform
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
$180,000–$295,000
$150,000–$400,000
$188,500–$282,700
Senior Software Engineer – Bionic Enterprise Platform
Mountain View, CA · San Francisco, CAMountain View, CA +1On-site
$176,000–$242,000
$170,000–$220,000
$224,000–$300,000
$176,000–$242,000
$175,000–$190,000
$215,000–$260,000
$224,000–$300,000
Pay not posted
Pay not posted
$207,000–$385,000
$160,000–$220,000
$120,000–$180,000
All 72 build for teams inside the company.
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Frequently asked questions
What do FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company for individual contributors in SF Bay Area pay?
62 of 72 postings state a pay range. The median is $209,000, and half of them sit between $187,000 and $262,000, from 45 companies.
How much experience do FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company for individual contributors in SF Bay Area require?
Of 72 postings, 38 state a minimum number of years, from 31 companies. The most common requirement is 3 to 5 years, in 26 of them. The rest ask for under 3 years (7), 6 to 9 years (4) or 10 or more years (1).
Which companies are hiring for FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company for individual contributors in SF Bay Area?
These 72 postings come from 54 companies. The employers with the most postings are Fluidstack (6), OpenAI (5), Atoms (4), Amazon (incl AWS) (3) and Apple (2).
Are FDE jobs that build for teams inside the company for individual contributors in SF Bay Area remote?
2 postings allow remote work from the US. Another 12 are hybrid and 30 are on-site. The remaining 28 say nothing about arrangement. Travel is mentioned in 8 of the 72 postings.
Counted over the 72 postings in this search. Postings read on November 6, 2026. These are the postings Nextmove tracks today, not a market survey.
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